High school football player makes miraculous recovery after traumatic brain injury

A high school football player has made a miraculous recovery after suffering from traumatic brain injury.

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Updated: 10:45 AM CDT Jun 5, 2017

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WEBVTT MIRACULOUS RECOVERY, PROVINGTHOSE DOCTORS WERE WRONG. 17-YEAR-OLD TORAN MARONIC SAYSHE'S BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TOWALK AND HAVE FULL FUNCTION OFALL OF HIS LIMBS.TORAN WAS INJURED LAST SUMMERDURING A NON-CONTACT FOOTBALLCAMP.HE WAS RUNNING A PASS PATTERN,AND RAN INTO TWO GUYS WHO WERESTANDING ON THE SIDELINES.HE WENT INTO CONVULSIONS, ANDWAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, WHEREDOCTORS TOLD HIS FATHER -- >> HE HAD SUFFERED A TRAUMATICBRAIN INJURY. >> AT THEY HAD ME IN A MEDICALLYINDUCED COMA, AND I WAS SUPPOSEDTO WAKE UP IN 10 MINUTES, AND IDID NOT WAKE UP FOR FIVE DAYS.DEL: TORAN HAD SUFFERED ATRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, AND HADONLY A VERY SLIM CHANCE AT ANYKIND OF RECOVERY >> WHEN YOU HEAR NEWS LIKE THAT,YOU NEVER WANT THEM HURT.YOU WOULD REPLACE THEM IN ASECOND, BUT I KNOW MY SON.HE IS A FIGHTER, AND WHEN THEYTOLD US HE HAD A 90% CHANCE THATHE WOULD NOT WAKE UP, THE OTHER10% HE WOULD BE IN A VEGETABLESTAY, WE KNEW WE WERE IN A TOUGHBATTLE.DEL: AND TORAN BEGAN HIS BATTLEAS IF IT WAS A BEAR RIVER BRUINSFOOTBALL GAME, GRADUATING FROMALL OF HIS SPEECH THERAPYCLASSES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. >> THEY TOLD US WE WOULD BE INTHE HOSPITAL FOR AT LEAST SIXMONTHS.HE WAS IN FOR 17 DAYS.HE STARTED COMING, AND LIKEEVERY PARENT SAYS, YOU DON'TKNOW MY SON OR DAUGHTER.BUT REALLY, YOU REALLY DON'TKNOW MY SON.DEL: AND HIS SON SAYS HE OWESHIS RECOVERY FROM HIS TRAUMATICBRAIN INJURY TO HIS FATHER. >> MY DAD WAS THE BACKBONE.HE KNEW WHEN TO BECOMPASSIONATE, WHEN TO TELL MAY,IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A BAD DAY,BUT HE WAS ALSO THE ONE WHO GOTME GOING WHEN I WAS HAVING TOOMANY BAD DAYS IN A ROW.DEL: AND DURING THAT TIME, TORANHAD TO BE CAREFUL OF EVERY MOVEHE MADE, AND HAD TO CHANGE WEREHE SLEPT.>> IT WAS A VERY STRESSFUL TIMEFOR US BECAUSE IF HE TOOK ANYTYPE OF BLOW TO THE HEADWHATSOEVER, IT IS CATASTROPHIC.HE IS DONE.WE HAD TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND24/7, EVERY SINGLE DAY.HE HAD TO SLEEP IN BED WITH HISMOM, WITH THE BED RAILS.IT WAS OF -- IT WAS A TOUGH FOUROR FIVE MONTHS.DEL: FOR TORAN, DESPITE HISBATTLE TO COMEBACK, HE ALSO HADTO BATTLE THE FACT HE HAD TOGIVE UP ONE OF THE SPORTS HELOVES SO MUCH.>> HE IS A COMPETITOR.HE LOVES FOOTBALL AND WOULD LOVETO BE BACK UP THERE NEXT YEAR.OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVEHIM, BUT THERE IS BIGGER THINGSDOWN THE ROAD FOR TORAN.FOR HIM EXCEPTING THAT, THATTOOK A WHILE.IT WAS TOUGH ON HIM AND HISFAMILY.IT WAS TOUGH ON EVERYBODY.>> THE GREAT THING IS, HE HASMADE THIS REMARK YOU -- THIS

High school football player makes miraculous recovery after traumatic brain injury

A high school football player has made a miraculous recovery after suffering from traumatic brain injury.